Tag: ransomware
Zero-Trust Security Toolkit Review
This is an article by Jens Lekdal that originally appeared on Security Affairs, a website dedicated to analyzing current events and trends. If I had a dime for every time someone told me that they’d found a bug in my product, I could probably go for a lifetime. And if I had a dime for…
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The Federal Cybersecurity Strategy of Fortinet
Today’s federal government is facing a daunting and costly problem. The National Security Agency’s (NSA) Tailored Access Operations (TAO) program requires federal agencies to share sensitive information with the private sector and, eventually, with foreign intelligence services. The private industry is understandably concerned that TAO will produce large amounts of information about the government—both by…
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The Final Report From Hyper-V on the Raw-Mode Problem
This is the final report from Hyper-V in its history on the Raw-Mode problem. Because Raw-Mode is the most common mode for virtual machines, and because many virtualization administrators don’t understand the details, its consequences can be disastrous. In this report, we describe what has happened in many of the leading virtualization software vendors and…
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Cryptocurrency in India – A Minister From India’s Central Bank Arguing Again
A minister from India’s central bank has once again returned to the cryptocurrency space, asking whether the government is comfortable with cryptocurrency and looking at the legal status of the digital currency, Bitcoin. The minister’s backtracking comes amid heightened tensions between India and the US, with India being asked by Washington to clarify its position…
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What Is a Ransomware Attack?
Posted by: Adam C. This article was written by Adam C. This article was written by Adam C. If you receive a file infected with a malicious software program, you should contact the software vendor immediately. A ransomware attack is an encrypted program that steals personal information from computers. Although the victim may lose his…
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The Global Video Recovery Software Market
Video recovery systems help users recover video from tapes and CDs using a number of different methods. These systems provide the user with the ability to easily recover video files from various formats, including DVDs, DVDs with no data, and CDs/DVDs with no files. Video recovery software provides the user with the ability to recover…
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The First Major Windows 10 Update of the First Half of 2021
“This pc can’t run Windows 11” | Computer Security. The new Windows 10 operating system is said to be plagued with computer viruses. This article shows how a compromised laptop with a Windows 10 operating system can be used to infect another computer, with a very powerful threat. One of the most popular computer viruses…
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The First Ransomware Attack – Arthur J Gallagher & Co Announced
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How Much is Enough to Get Hacked by Hackers?
This is the first in a series of posts that attempts to answer the question of how much is enough to get hacked by hackers and how much can a ransom be paid to hackers to get them to back off. This will be followed by posts about the types of attacks, the people behind…
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The Impact of a Ransomware Attack on Software Companies
A ransomware attack is not the same as ransom, or simply stealing a file from a company’s fileserver, though they do both. Ransom is when an attacker encrypts or changes certain files on a system, either permanently or for a specific amount of time. This ransom, usually in Bitcoin, is paid to a group of…
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